The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson, published in 1910. The reader with an active imagination will get the most pleasure out of this comedy of mysteries. Above everything, he should not take it seriously; even the author does not seem to do that. It is an impossible story of two sisters who are to be married off by a rich but eccentric maiden aunt.She relegates the younger, Hezekiah, to the background until Cecilia is settled, and being superstitious about the number seven evolves a cheme which is the motif ...
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The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson, published in 1910. The reader with an active imagination will get the most pleasure out of this comedy of mysteries. Above everything, he should not take it seriously; even the author does not seem to do that. It is an impossible story of two sisters who are to be married off by a rich but eccentric maiden aunt.She relegates the younger, Hezekiah, to the background until Cecilia is settled, and being superstitious about the number seven evolves a cheme which is the motif of the story. There is a laughable lover-trust, the pursuit of a smoke-ghost by the chimney doctor, and, incidentally, a pretty little love story, but it is elusive, like the whole plot. Meredith Nicholson (1866 - 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel."We live in an era of horseless carriages, wireless telegraphy, husbandless wives and wifeless husbands. I have hit upon a formula which I am tempted to utilize hereafter when I meet husbandless women.When they are introduced I shall ask: -Shaken, Or taken?signifying in the first instance a loss by way of Nevada, or, in the second, through the pearlier gates of that Paradise which is the hope of us all."The Siege of the Seven Suitors marks a new development of Mr. Meredith Nicholson's art. In The House of a Thousand Candles and other works he has told an improbable story in a probable manner; his last book, a serious novel of the business drama type, placed him among the leading American fiction writers; but The Siege of the Seven Suitors differs considerably from its predecessors. The author shows that he has a considerable gift for the creation of eccentric characters, he places less reliance in the drawing powers of a strong plot, and he makes use of to us, at any rate a surprisingly keen sense of humour. In a word, this is Mr. Nicholson's first true comedy. The hero shows his Transatlantic origin in his profession - he is a Consultant in Chimneys, or, as he more frequently describes himself, a flue doctor. As for the heroines (for there are two of them - sisters), there is oodles of money in the family, for their grandfather scored big in baby-buggies. We do not feel inclined to spoil the readers enjoyment by giving away details of the plot, but mention must be made of Miss Olivia Hollister, the heroines aunt, who has so pathetic and yet so satisfying a belief in the powers of romance and the numeral seven. Indeed, it was entirely owing to her that there were seven suitors. We have enjoyed Mr. Nicholson's latest book immensely, and we believe that it shows a considerable advance upon his earlier work.
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Add this copy of The Siege of the Seven Suitors to cart. $5.00, good condition, Sold by Persephone's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gastonia, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1910 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 401 pp. The front hinge has cracked, but is holding well. Some wear to the upper fore-corner of the rear cover. The covers are scuffed and soiled. The binding is square and secure, and the text is clean.
Add this copy of The Siege of the Seven Suitors to cart. $6.43, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Add this copy of The Siege of the Seven Suitors to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Crabtree's Collection rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sebago, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1910 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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C. Phillips & Reginald Birch. VG. Frontis of young girl whose clothes blend into woodsy background, tissue guard. Light green pictorial binding with. Blue & brown picture of stone fence with men with top hats. Few pages have smudges, owner name pencil ft endpaper.
Add this copy of The Siege of the Seven Suitors to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Old Scrolls Book Shop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stanley, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1910 by Houghton Mifflin.
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C. Coles Phillips; Reginald Birch. Very Good. No Dustjacket. Book Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. C. Coles Phillips; Reginald Birch. Green cloth boards with decorated cover, white lettering on cover and spine. A little chipping to white lettering, but still legible on both cover and spine. No chipping to cover decoration. Hint of very light soiling. No fraying, binding is tight & square, no cracking. Neatly penned previous owner name and date at top edge of front free endpaper. Lovely color frontis illustration with tissue guard, 1-1/2" closed tear to tissue guard at binding edge; additional black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated by C. Coles Phillips and Reginald Birch. 401 pp.
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C. Coles Phillips and Reginald Birch, Illustrators. Very Good. No Dustjacket. Book Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1910. First Edition. Very Good/No Dustjacket. C. Coles Phillips and Reginald Birch, Illustrators. Clean green cloth boards with illustration on cover, white lettering on cover and spine. Very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Full color frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. Additional illustrations throughout. 401 pgs. + advertising. 8vo. Fiction.
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Add this copy of The Siege of the Seven Suitors to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Brenner's Collectable Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manasquan, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1910 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Very Good Plus. 8vo., 401174pp. plus 6pp. ads in rear. Sharp First Edition bound in green cloth with tiles and illustration in white and black on front board and in white on spine. Tissue-guarded frontis illustration. Square, tight and clean throughout with maybe just a touch of page edge toning but barely. Some light soiling. Mild wear to spine ends and tips. Soldier's library stamps on front paste-down and end-paper. Patch of lighter cloth on front board where there was a War Service Library stick loosely affixed which is still present and laid in. Paper strip on rear past-down where a withdrawal car would have been placed. There is some off-setting to rear end-paper but nothing else disfiguring or other library markings. Some fairly minor wear to spine ends and tips. Some light spotting to cloth. A very pretty collectable copy.
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